Alfa Romeo Disco Volante Green-lit for Ultra-Limited Production

Italian coachbuilder Touring Superleggera has received Alfa Romeo's blessing to produce its Disco Volante tribute car on a very limited basis. Each hand-built model will take six months and an unspecified amount of money to build. If you want the Disco Volante, you'll also have to supply your own donor Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione, the car on which the special coupe is based.As we previously reported, the Disco Volante pays homage to the original Alfa Romeo 1900 C52 Disco Volante, which Touring Superleggera designed in 1952. Like the one-off model that debuted in Geneva last year, the production version will use the 8C Competizione's front-mid-engine chassis as a base, with Touring Superleggera adding unique carbon fiber and aluminum bodywork. The coachbuilding firm hand-forms each aluminum body panel using an epoxy mold, and a special glue is used to secure certain carbon fiber pieces to the body. A laser measurement platform and jig is used to assemble the body, which is fitted for trim and brightware afterward.The Alfa Romeo 8C Competizone's mechanicals remain unchanged in the Disco Volante, still sporting a 450-hp 4.7-liter V-8. Touring Superleggera estimates the custom creation can accelerate from 0-62 mph in 4.2 seconds. The coachbuilder doesn't say exactly how many of the built-to-order coupes will be produced, but given that the firm built only three examples of the original Disco Volante, a production run in the single digits wouldn't be surprising.Source: Touring Superleggera

It would be nice if Fiat would allow Superleggera, to buy just he components needed to build this care, rather than the consumer having to buy an 8C which is also a beautiful automobile. In the would of boutique exotics this is a beauty., even though it comes at the expense of an 8C.

Woke up from a nap to see this article in the WOT, thought I really must be dreaming. It's a shame that it'll take 6 months for each example and Americans will never get the chance to see it on our half of the world. Touring Superleggera did an excellent job recreating the Disco Volante! However, I do wish Alfa Romeo would quit dragging their feet on coming to our shores.